Union Berlin vs Hertha Berlin prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2022-08-05 13:30.
It’ll be an explosive start to the new Bundesliga campaign in Berlin as the city’s two biggest clubs clash once again. Union Berlin head into this new campaign hoping to pick up from where they left off in the last, securing their highest ever Bundesliga finish (fifth) and bringing Europa League football to Stadion An der Alten Försterei.
A summer of big departures though, which included the exit of top scorer Taiwo Awoniyi, means replicating that success this season might not be easy. The fact they needed extra-time to overcome fourth-tier Chemnitzer 2-1 in the DFB Pokal on Monday would hint to as much. Yet Union can boast going unbeaten in four straight competitive clashes (W3, D1) with their neighbours, so confidence of starting the season well should be high.
Hertha Berlin endured a much different campaign to their city rivals and had to overcome Hamburg in a relegation playoff to avoid the Bundesliga drop. The club are under the guidance of new manager Sandro Schwarz now, yet his competitive reign didn’t get off to the best start this week when his side conceded four goals en route to a DFB Pokal penalty shootout defeat to Eintracht Braunschweig from the second tier.
Securing success in the derby here would go a long way to getting fans from his new club on side, although to do so, he will have to find a remedy for the torrid away form that plagued Hertha for much of the last campaign. They managed just one win across their final 12 away league matches (D3, L8) and failed to score more than a single goal in all but one of those fixtures.
Players to watch: Jordan Siebatcheu, who scored 22 league goals for Young Boys last season, has been brought in to replace Awoniyi, and he marked his competitive Union debut with a goal on Monday. Hertha’s Davie Selke also netted in the cup, and has now scored each of his last three competitive goals before half-time.
Hot stat: There’s been an average of 3.5 cards shown across the last four competitive H2H meetings.